I don't disagree that Hippo would probably be a monster in UU (I've played very little UU, but...). However, I will absolutely rofl if you think it's the auto-Sand that would make it broken.

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I know that sand is in UU already. On hippopatos. And he isn't very good, only as a physical wall really, and ss teams arent bastardizing the UU meta like weather in OU. Hippowdon would change that, because he is too good for UU, I have high expectancies that ss teams could become centralizing to UU if hippowdon stays for a while. As of now, hippopatos for ss teams is nice, because there aren't a lot of them in UU as far as I'm concerned, and so it becomes a small niche team that adds to variety, like trick room.

I really rarely see Lucario in any of my OU matches. When I do see Lucario ussualy they just wanna spam out a pretty strong close combat so I switch to gliscor then I switch to Rotom to check for the ice punch and proceed to kill/ force the switch when he does or volt switch into whatever he brings in on gliscor. I dont think I have been sweeped or severely maimed by Luc on any of my OU teams.
I just dont really see him as that much of an OU poke, especially considering nobody ever talks about him.

I really rarely see Lucario in any of my OU matches. When I do see Lucario ussualy they just wanna spam out a pretty strong close combat so I switch to gliscor then I switch to Rotom to check for the ice punch and proceed to kill/ force the switch when he does or volt switch into whatever he brings in on gliscor. I dont think I have been sweeped or severely maimed by Luc on any of my OU teams.
I just dont really see him as that much of an OU poke, especially considering nobody ever talks about him.

This definitely doesn't seem accurate from the games I have played, which seems interesting. I haven't seen too many Gliscors or Ferrothon's.

Weather is still prime as both Tyranitar and Politoed are in the top 5. If either Excadrill or Thundurus get banned, it will be interesting to see the effect they have on the metagame. I would guess a rise in more offensive and frail pokemon, and the end of Ttar's reign at 1.

If he carrys HP ice Excadrill and Terrakion are going to wreck his shit, so HP Ice is not a big threat, also alot of shit will outspeed him if you dont run that. Also now that I think about it, I might just keep gliscor in and might just KO him with EQ and with Poison heal I actually could use him later in the match, if it gets KO'd I would just revenge it with Rotom who I realize is a better counter than Excadrill.

Why were Chansey and Dugtrio not moved to OU? Are we using a different formula or something?

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OU doesn't have a specific number of Pokemon that forms it. It previously was 53 because a Pokemon with at least 3,41% of usage is considered OU (which 53 Pokemon had this amount of usage). Dugtrio and Chansey may be #53 and #52 respectively, but they do not have enough usage to be considered OU.

I know that sand is in UU already. On hippopatos. And he isn't very good, only as a physical wall really, and ss teams arent bastardizing the UU meta like weather in OU. Hippowdon would change that, because he is too good for UU, I have high expectancies that ss teams could become centralizing to UU if hippowdon stays for a while. As of now, hippopatos for ss teams is nice, because there aren't a lot of them in UU as far as I'm concerned, and so it becomes a small niche team that adds to variety, like trick room.

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Well let me ask you this. In OU, for example, people use Politoed and Ninetales pretty commonly, obviously. But these two Pokemon are shit. They are only used because the benefits of their weather can set up menacing sweepers.

My question is, if Sand has equally frightening abusers (proportionally) in UU, then why don't people use Hippopotas more? My question is, if Sand in UU has the potential to be so good and centralizing, then Hippopotas being mediocre doesn't hold any water, because people are clearly willing to use bad Pokemon for their weather if the weather sweepers are good enough.

You could argue that Sand is good, but not that good. But that it would become that good with the entrance of Hippowdon. But then it's Hippowdon being broken, not the Sand itself.

Well let me ask you this. In OU, for example, people use Politoed and Ninetales pretty commonly, obviously. But these two Pokemon are shit. They are only used because the benefits of their weather can set up menacing sweepers.

My question is, if Sand has equally frightening abusers (proportionally) in UU, then why don't people use Hippopotas more? My question is, if Sand in UU has the potential to be so good and centralizing, then Hippopotas being mediocre doesn't hold any water, because people are clearly willing to use bad Pokemon for their weather if the weather sweepers are good enough.

You could argue that Sand is good, but not that good. But that it would become that good with the entrance of Hippowdon. But then it's Hippowdon being broken, not the Sand itself.

If he carrys HP ice Excadrill and Terrakion are going to wreck his shit, so HP Ice is not a big threat, also alot of shit will outspeed him if you dont run that. Also now that I think about it, I might just keep gliscor in and might just KO him with EQ and with Poison heal I actually could use him later in the match, if it gets KO'd I would just revenge it with Rotom who I realize is a better counter than Excadrill.

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How do either one of those pokes wreck his shit if they both have a fighting weakness?

It's because Darmantian cant compete with Infernape (and even he's dropping). Darmanitan to infernape is like Machamp to Conkeldurr.

Also, I'm surprised at Tangrowth's usage. For something that can take on Excadrill/Terrakion I expected a much lager spike in usage.

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I wouldn't go that far. Darmanitan definitely hits harder than infernape, I think its just the lack of a fighting stab and he has to run a scarf that makes infernape better.

Just wait till Conkle gets his dream world and he can truly outclass champ.